I used my battery powered hot wire cutter to shape the foam and then cut out a small base of Masonite (a type of hardboard invented in my home state of Mississippi), beveling the edges with a wood rasp. The base was spray painted with a sand camouflage color and the walls of the emplacement was painted with a sandstone color craft acrylic. The two were then glued together with Elmer's white glue. Good enough right now for the first play-test on Saturday, they will eventually have interior wooden slat walls and a terrain application on the outside and the "floor" of the interior. I anticipate that I can use these for just about any period from the mid 1700s to modern times.
Here's another view from a slightly higher angle.
The Krupp gun and the Egyptian gunners are Ral Partha figures.
Very nice models shaping up there, Colonel. I'm looking forward to seeing them complete. Emplacements like those featured in many battles over the horse and musket period, yet I can't recall more than a few occasions when I've seen them used on the tabletop.
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